President Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy ICE agents to airports across the US, citing a need for 'Just and Proper Security' amidst a funding impasse between Senate Republicans and Democrats.
The move comes after Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to advance a stand-alone bill to finance the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), leading to longer security queues and callouts at airports nationwide.
Trump warned Democrats to 'GET READY' for the deployment, stating that ICE agents would do the job 'far better than ever done before' in the event of a continued shutdown.
The responsibilities of ICE agents at airports would reportedly include the immediate arrest of all illegal immigrants who have entered the country.
The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has been ongoing since mid-February, with Democrats seeking reforms to ICE agents' operations and Republicans pushing for increased funding.
